Ankur Jain
About Ankur Jain
Ankur Jain is the Director of Engineering at Flexport in Bangalore, with extensive experience in leadership roles at Microsoft, InMobi, and Google.
Director of Engineering at Flexport
Ankur Jain holds the position of Director of Engineering at Flexport in Bangalore. He leads the India Product development team, with a focus on Distribution and Smart Replenishments to Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) and Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS). His leadership is pivotal in steering the team's initiatives and optimizing processes relevant to their core business functions.
Previous Roles at Flexport
Previously, Ankur served as the Director of Engineering - Shopify at Flexport, during which he spent 11 months from 2022 to 2023 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Before that, he also worked as the Country Head - Deliverr India for a year from 2021 to 2022. His work here involved developing functionalities such as Returns and Reserve Storage.
Tenure at Microsoft
Ankur Jain spent a cumulative four years at Microsoft, initially as a Principal Engineering Manager from 2017 to 2020 and then returning to the same position from 2020 to 2021. During this time, he was a key contributor to the development of features for Microsoft Teams, specifically the Calendar feature, highlighting his expertise in collaborative software development.
Career at InMobi
Ankur had an extensive career at InMobi, spanning multiple roles from Technical Team Lead to Director of Engineering between 2012 and 2017. He was instrumental in the development of the InMobi Exchange platform and contributed significantly to the advancement of video advertising technology. His work had noticeable impacts on mobile advertising solutions, positioning InMobi as a key player in the market.
Early Career and Education
Ankur began his career at Google as a Software Engineer from 2007 to 2012, where he worked on the Google Voice Search application for the Symbian operating system and developed machine learning models tailored to Indian English dialects. He holds an Executive MBA in Leadership and Strategy from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), a B.Tech in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, and a high school diploma from St. Peter’s College, Agra.